b"DRONE FISHING The big fish struck at 1.30pm and it wasnt much of a fight until it got to about 100m out and then the fish went nuts!it was a massive 92cm. When he had driven home some time later and it was finally weighed in at 29.92lb after losing blood, he wished that he had taken it to a local fishing club earlier.Nathan didn't think it was this big at the time of the catch!Nathan wasn't allowed to keep the fish to mount as his 7-year-old son is fish mad and he has been known to eat a whole snapper raw in the past. The big fish was processed and went to five families who all have young children, and the head is now in the freezer for a jaw mount.An outstanding result considering that it was only the second time Nathan had taken the Swellpro FD1 Splashdrone out and after seeing his cousin use a fishing drone on the east coast, he knew it had potential on the west in his neck of woods.It was a great day out with his family and that's the best part about drone fishing as the whole family has fun.It is an impressive snapper to start out The Shimano 3000 electric reel wasdrone fishing and it is going to be hard to used to deploy the baits off the beach. beat that!FIGZNathan advised he baited up six hooksA 30lb snapper has a huge using some salted tuna that they hadmouth designed for crushing!caught in the summer game fishing months.The hook rigs were pre-made traces from Camp and Tackle, and they flew the baits out 250m off the beach.It was a horrible day with rough seas and big swells coming in, there were also a few surfers out to the left of them enjoying the surf.The big fish struck at 1.30pm and it wasnt much of a fight until it got to about 100m out and then the fish went nuts!The Shimano electric reel was struggling at times, so there were some hand cranking to help bring the line in quicker and there were some big pulls on the rod and finally they landed the snapper on the beach.Nathan has scored several 20lb snapper over the years and he thought it was easily going that and when measured 64FISHING IN GODZONE JULY/AUGUST 2022"